Envirothon 2009
Photos courtesy of the center for American History, UT-Austin (#DI-01295).
Forestry Overview
Area Of Virgin Forest1620
Area Of Virgin Forest1850
Area Of Virgin Forest1920
Ratcliff Lake National Forest
1938 1969 19862006
The Giving Tree
Beauty & Inspiration A Place to Climb Shade & Food House & Boat A Place to Rest
Forestry: Art, Science & Business
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Pineywoods
Post Oak Savannah
Live Oak-Juniper
East Cross Timbers
West Cross Timbers
Mountain Forests
Trees are the principal vegetative cover on about 29 million acres (12 million hectares)
Texas Forests
(12 million acres)
Growth & Removals 2003 - 2005
1.02
0.73
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
Bill
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Growth Removals
East Texas Average Annual Growing Stock (all species)
Stream-side Management Zones - SMZBest Management Practices - BMP
Aesthetic Management Zones - AMZ
Equipment…Grrr!
Feller Buncher
Log truck, loading deck & skidder
Harvesting Methods
1. Clear cut
2. Seed Tree
3. Shelter wood
4. Selection cut
Public8%
Industry16%
TIMOs/REITs13%
Forestland Ownership in Texas
Individual/Family Forest Owners
61%32%
Industry
Public7%
Prior to 2000
Individual/Family Forest Owners
63%
Individual/Family Forest Owners
63%
2006
Public8.0%
Industry10.2%
TIMOs/REITs18.4%
2005
Oh, the times they are a Changin’
Thank You!Angie Soldinger
Conservation Education CoordinatorTexas Forest Service
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